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Community Health Nursing Midterm
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Name: Score:30 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 30
What percentage of all nurses in Canada is anticipated to be practising in the community by
2020?
33%
44%
55%
66%
Term 2 of 30
The foundation for current programs and policies pertaining to disease prevention is based on
the guiding principles and courses of action that developed as a result of which event?
The cholera epidemics that occurred in Ontario and Quebec in the 1800s
The introduction of organized public health in the early 1900s
The social changes that occurred during the industrial revolution
The Lalonde Report and development of Public Health Agency of Canada
Term 3 of 30
Within the context of primary health care, which term refers to ensuring fairness and equity in
health services so that everyone has equal access to health care?
Distributive justice
Beneficence
Global health
Social Justice
,Term 4 of 30
Escalating health care costs during the 1980s led to which change?
Health promotion programs received more financial support
More funding was directed to public health units
More funding was directed to acute hospital care
Disease prevention programs received more financial support
Term 5 of 30
In the period between 1945 and 1970, what did Canada's vision for public health expanded to
beyond public hygiene?
Health education
Health promotion
Health maintenance
Determinants of Health
Term 6 of 30
What is included among the nine Determinants of Health outlined in the population health
promotion model?
Culture
Gender
Genetics
Language
,Term 7 of 30
Climate change is an example of which one of the following?
A determinant of health
A transitional health issue
A social justice issue
An international health issue
Term 8 of 30
What did Lillian Wald and Lee Frankel establish in 1909 that significantly influenced community
health?
The first integrated basic-degree nursing program with emphasis on public health
Transitioning schools for nurses interested in private duty or hospital administration
The first public health nursing program for life insurance policy holders
The system of district nursing that led to the establishment of home health nursing
Term 9 of 30
Which historical nursing figure contributed to establishing the foundation for community health
and nursing in community health by working in military field hospitals, using a population-
based approach that improved nursing care and environmental conditions?
Florence Nightingale
Eunice Dyke
Lillian Wald
Edna Moore
, Term 10 of 30
Which occurrence marked a change in public health strategies from illness prevention to
health promotion in the community?
Emphasis on the PHN's role in the prevention of chronic illness
Introduction of primary health care practitioners in the health care system
Emergence of nursing unions and collective bargaining units
A shift from institutional care to community care for clients with mental illness
Term 11 of 30
Employment of nurse practitioners (NPs) in underserviced areas and the use of telehealth to
respond to client health care concerns are examples of which principles of primary health
care?
Equitable distribution of essential health services to all populations
Emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention, rather than curative, services
Integration of health development with social and economic development
Appropriate utilization of health care resources
Term 12 of 30
Which organization involved in global health efforts assists with economic and technical
development in middle and low-income countries?
Global Health Council
United Nations Children's Emergency Fund
World Bank
World Health Organization
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